Reclassification of rainfall regions of Turkey by K-means methodology and their temporal variability in relation to North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 499-510

  Sönmez, Ibrahim ^a   Kömüşcü, Ali Ümran ^a  

^a Turkish State Meteorological Service   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; TURKEY;

EID: 81155134973     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0449-1     Document Type: Article

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